The Accountant role is based in Exeter and will be working to provide strategic financial management advice and support to ensure that limited corporate capital financial resources are allocated, managed and utilised to best effect. The main purpose of the job is to lead, manage and provide an effective, and independent professional financial support service with the following key objectives:

• Introduce and develop the adoption of strategic capital accounting practices, and prepare appropriate management information, which will enable services to adhere to capital compliance - specifically relating to the implementation of the new ERP system.
• Ensure capital fiscal probity are within statutory and local authority standards whilst providing accounting expertise in line with customers' capital objectives.

Your main duties as the Principal Accountant will include:

• Support the Head of Capital and Technical with the capital management.
• Provide advice on financial and capital aspects of procurement processes and tenders.
• Work directly with Heads of Service, and their respective management boards on a range of specific capital projects.
• Interpret, prepare and review statistical service data, both financial and non-financial such as grant funding agreements, grant bids, grant claims and S106 / developer agreements.
• Define the financial framework, its processes and controls, for each service.
• Manage staff in a project management capacity as required.

To be successful in this Principal Accountant role you will need the following attributes:

• Management of small teams and line manager.
• Experience of capital accounting.
• Experience of working at a senior level advising senior management.
• Financial management including capital budget preparation and capital accounts close down.
• Ability to innovate, problem solve and lead.
• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills.

This Accountant position will pay 25 p/h and there is a possibility the position will be extended to a 12 month contract.

If this position is of interest please apply onside or to find out more please contact Dave Smith at Berry Recruitment in Exeter

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.